Denzel Washington as Macrinus looking up at a person offscreen in Gladiator II
Ridley Scott's original action-drama Gladiator ended with the death of Maximus after his duel with Commodus , with Maximus joining his family in the afterlife. Gladiator also leaves the audience with the open-ended question of whether his dream of a better Rome will come to fruition.
✕ Remove Ads 'Gladiator II's Climax Witnesses Paul Mescal's Lucius Taking His Rightful Place Close After Lucius embraces his heritage as Maximus' son and the Prince of Rome, he tells the gladiator doctor Ravi to send word to the Roman army. This is an army of 5,000 soldiers loyal to Marcus Acacius , who was going to use this force to depose the twin emperors, before he and Lucilla , Lucius' mother, are betrayed by Macrinus.
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